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Sunan Ibn Majah 1821 (Book 8, Hadith 39) #31173
Quality of Charity

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught that charity should be given with the best of what one has, and not with something of lesser quality.

It was narrated that: Awf bin Malik Al-Ashja'i said: "The Messenger of Allah went out, and a man had hung up one or more bunches of dates. He (the Prophet) had a stick in his hand and he started hitting that bunch of dates repeatedly, saying: 'If the owner of these dates wanted to give in charity, he should have given something better than these. The owner of this charity will eat rotten and shriveled dates on the Day of Resurrection'. "
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بِشْرٍ، بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنِي صَالِحُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرِيبٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ، قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ ـ وَقَدْ عَلَّقَ رَجُلٌ قِنَاءً أَوْ قِنْوًا وَبِيَدِهِ عَصًا فَجَعَلَ يَطْعَنُ بِذَلِكَ يُدَقْدِقُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقِنْوِ وَيَقُولُ ‏ "‏ لَوْ شَاءَ رَبُّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ تَصَدَّقَ بِأَطْيَبَ مِنْهَا إِنَّ رَبَّ هَذِهِ الصَّدَقَةِ يَأْكُلُ الْحَشَفَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

TOPICS
charity  *  quality  *  giving  *  resurrection  *  sadaqah  *  khulud  *  atamu  *  alqiyamah  *  infaq  *  almasakin  *  khayr

QUICK LESSONS:
Give your best quality goods or items when donating; Be generous when donating; Think carefully before donating; Give donations with kindness and compassion; Make sure your donation brings benefit to those who are in need; Be thoughtful when giving away donations.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith teaches us about the importance of giving charity in a good way. The Prophet Muhammad PBUH was teaching that when we give charity, we should give our best quality goods or items to those who are in need. He said that if someone gives something bad or low quality as charity, they will have to eat rotten and shriveled dates on the Day of Resurrection. This means that it is important for us to think carefully about what we give away as charity and make sure it is something good so that Allah SWT will reward us for it on the Day of Judgment. We should also remember to be generous when giving donations to poor people so they can benefit from our kindness too.

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